Grant Township Board Meeting Minutes
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GRANT TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING
Held at the Grant Township Hall 230 Gratiot Street Copper Harbor, Michigan 49918 Minutes for Tuesday, February 13, 2007Call to OrderSupervisor Meg Vivian called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. and lead in the pledge of allegiance. Roll CallPresent were Supervisor Meg Vivian, Treasurer Karen Karl, Clerk Kelly Coltas, Trustee Gary Barker and Trustee Roxann Smith.
Supervisor’s Remarks and Correspondence
A Hearty Thank you is in order to Ned Huwatatschek for his generous land donation to Grant Township for the purpose of erecting a public pavilion adjacent to Haven Park.
Request from Keweenaw County to renew the Temporary Water Agreement between Grant Township and the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge. This will be addressed later in the meeting. Monthly ReportsTreasurer’s Report
Utility Board Meeting held on 1/16/07. Not much new, a leak was discovered at a resident’s home and has been corrected. All tests came back good. DDA No quorum Public SafetyCH Fire Dept. Meeting held on 1/07/07, 10 members present, discussed the up coming ice rescue classes and CPR classes. The CPR Classes will be held on February 25th and March 11th. The May spaghetti dinner was discussed and training DVD were reviewed. 2 page outs and 1 med assist. Dick Powers discussed about the Rural Development Loan/Grant and the next step would be a public input meeting.
LLB Fire Dept. 0 Fire calls, 0 service calls, 0 ems runs Monthly meeting held on 2/6/07, the Brush pickup truck and the Tanker Chassis (both from the DNR) have been gone over by Parkway Chevrolet and are in good condition. The pickup is painted and the Tanker will be painted shortly. The paint by both Trucks has been donated by one of Gasoline Alley’s suppliers PPG paint Company. They have two bids in the skid unit and are expecting the last one soon. They are also getting quotes on a box for the Tanker that will hold the pump and a generator. The Generator is still having problems and Bill’s electric will have that fixed soon as well as the block heater, which is not working as well. The LLB would like to transfer another $10,000. From their fund balance to make sure to cover everything needed to equip these units. Repairs ran higher than originally expected. 1st Responders 3 1st Responders took the continuing education series offered at Michigan Tech on 1/27/07 & 1/28/07. The members were Mary Ann Quackenbush, Gary Barker, and Barb Foley. 911 Dick Powers gave the 911 reports, meeting held on 1/25/07, the fund drive for the emergency off road rescue is on track at $7,000.00 and there will be reprogramming of radios on the morning of 2/13/07 for all emergency personnel in CH. Planning CommissionRichard Schafer and Tom O’Callahan will now be on the Planning Commission. Joe Langdon will continue on the board but as a commissioner. Meeting was held 1/30/07 John Soper was reappointed Chairperson and Janet Shea is Co Chair. Discussions on a public hearing held in Mohawk on 1/16/07, they felt that the commission needs to work on getting more information to the public. Also when Mt. Bohemia gets ready to start building Grant Township will need to get more involved. There were several requests on zoning changes addressed and resolved at that meeting. Old Business Hunter’s Point: Hunter’s Point Committee Chairman Richard powers reported on the January 30th Hunter’s Point Committee Meeting. The Committee had been informed of an opportunity to proceed with Phase 2 of the Hunter’s Point Acquisition. The Hunter’s point Committee is asking permission of the Grant Township Board to proceed with a Michigan natural Resources Trust Fund Grant request to assist in purchasing 46+ Acres immediately West of the Copper Harbor Marina and 76+ Acres directly South of the proposed purchase on the North side of Brockway Mountain. The asking price is around $2,000,000.00 and a benefactor is willing to contribute a 36% match. Phase 2 is included in the Grant Township Recreation Plan. If approved by the Board, the Committee intends to ask the support of the Copper Harbor Improvement Association and conduct a fund drive to recover the costs associated with the purchase such as surveys, grant preparations, closing costs etc.
Kate Langdon asked the Board for funds to be budgeted for the purchase of building materials for a pavilion to be built on the donated land at Haven Park. The labor would all be donated to the project and would include a BBQ pit.
New BusinessThe Board has a request per our Subdivision Ordinance, to split the lot # 42 in Lac La Belle. The lot is 315 ft by 900 and would be split in half, presently is shared by the owner but they would both like to build and have separate tax bills. They have approval from the Health Dept. and it does not interfere with the 4:1 ratio. Matt Arko our assessor does not have a problem with this split so the Board has no objections.
The date’s set for budget discussions is February 22nd 2007 at 6:00 p.m. The date set for the Grant Township Budget Hearing is March 24th 2007, at 11:00 a.m. to be followed immediately by the Special Budget Meeting. It is a matter of Business at the February meeting to address the Salaries of the elected officials. The following Resolutions were presented and voted on. FY 2007/08 Salary Resolutions Supervisor Salary to be $13,000.00 as of April 1, 2007 Put forth by Coltas/Barker with voting done by roll call ”Aye” Meg Vivian, Karen Karl, Kelly Coltas, Gary Barker, and Roxann Smith. “Nay” none. Resolution adopted 5-0. Treasurer Salary to be $13,000.00 as of April 1, 2007 Put forth by Coltas/Barker with voting done by roll call “Aye” Meg Vivian, Karen Karl, Kelly Coltas, Gary Barker, and Roxann Smith. “Nay” none. Resolution adopted 5-0. Trustee Salary to be $150.00 per regular Monthly board meeting as of April 1, 2007 Put forth by Coltas/Karl with voting done by roll call “Aye” Meg Vivian, Karen Karl, Kelly Coltas, Gary Barker, and Roxann Smith. “Nay” none. Resolution adopted 5-0. Clerk Salary to be $13,000.00 as of April1, 2007 Put forth by Karl/Vivian with voting done by roll call “Aye” Meg Vivian, Karen Karl, Kelly Coltas, Gary Barker, and Roxann Smith. “Nay” none. Resolution adopted.
Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. Meg Vivian Kelly Coltas Grant Township Supervisor Grant Township Clerk |
